Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Boroughs, pt. 2

We promised that we'd finish the New York boroughs cocktails, so tonight we deliver. If you'll remember, there is no Staten Island cocktail, thus there are only two others: the Bronx and the Queens. All the boroughs cocktails are very old. Each appears in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book (even though the Queens is spelled with an apostrophe-'s' in the Savoy, it is the same recipe as the borough drink 'Queens'). As a note, the Bronx is considered the first orange juice drink accepted by the masses (probably around 1903); therefore the Bronx is the grandfather of such drinks as the Satan's Whiskers and the Screwdriver. The Queens is a kissing-cousin of the Bronx. Replace the OJ with pineapple juice and you have it.

Bronx

Classic Pour Series

1 ounce gin

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

1/2 ounce sweet vermouth

1/2 ounce orange juice (or a muddle 1/4 of an orange)

Shack and strain into a coupe.

Queens

Classic Pour Series

1 ounce gin

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

1/2 ounce sweet vermouth

1/2 ounce pineapple juice (or a muddled slab of pineapple)

Shake and strain into a coupe.

Both are great with orange bitters (couple of drops) to make them true cocktails.